Infuriated people on Wednesday set on fire three vehicles in Sakhi Hassan area as sectarian tension gripped the city following Tuesday’s firing incidents.
Officials said a truck was torched near Haroon shopping center in Shadman area, a bus near Five Star Chowrangi and a car in North Nazimabad soon after funerals of two people, who were killed in firing on Tuesday, were offered in city’s locality.
Some enraged youths also pelted public vehicles with stones as police and Rangers contingents arrived in the area to control the situation.
Earlier, hundreds of people in Buffer Zone area attended funeral prayer of three persons who were killed on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on funerals of Allama Agha Aftab Haider Jaffari.
He was shot dead along with two associated in Sadar area on Tuesday morning. His death triggered protests and fueled sectarian tension in the city.
